List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan

See also: History of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids
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since January 1, 2016
Formation1850
First holderHenry R. Williams
Websitehttps://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/Mayor-Rosalynn-Bliss
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This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1][2] The current mayor is Rosalynn Bliss, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2016.

No. Portrait Name Term start Term end Party Notes
Henry R. Williams 1850 1851 Whig
Ralph W. Cole 1851 1852 Whig
William H. Withey 1852 1853 Whig
Thomas B. Church 1853 1854 Democratic
Wilder D. Foster 1854 1855 Republican
Charles Shepard 1855 1856 Republican
John M. Fox 1856 1857 Democratic
William T. Powers 1857 1858 Democratic
Gilbert M. McCray 1858 1859 Democratic
George K. Johnson 1859 1860 Democratic
Martin L. Sweet 1860 1861 Republican
George H, White 1861 1862 Democratic
Charles C. Comstock 1863 1864 Democratic
Wilder D. Foster 1865 1866
John W. Champlin 1867 1868 Democratic
Moses V. Aldrich 1868 1870 Republican
Leonard H. Randall 1871 1871 Democratic
Julius Houseman 1872 1873 Democratic
Peter R. L. Pierce 1873 1874 Republican
Julius Houseman 1874 1875 Democratic
Peter R. L. Pierce 1875 1876 Republican
William Montague Ferry 1876 1877
George W. Thayer 1877 1878 Democratic
Henry S. Smith 1878 1879 Greenback
Francis Letellier 1879 1880 Republican
Henry S. Smith 1880 1881 Greenback
George G. Steketee 1881 1882 Republican
Edmund B. Dikeman 1882 1883
Crawford Angell 1883 1884 Democratic
Charles E. Belknap 1884 1885 Republican
John L. Curtis 1885 1886 Greenback-Democrat
Edmund B. Dikeman 1886 1887 Democratic
Isaac M. Weston 1888 1889 Democratic
John Killean 1889 1891 Democratic
Edwin F. Uhl 1891 1892 Democratic
William J. Stuart 1892 1893 Republican
Ernest B. Fisher 1894 1895 Republican
Charles D. Stebbins 1895 1896 Democratic
Lathrop C. Stow 1896 1897 Republican
George R. Perry 1898 1901 Democratic
W. Millard Palmer 1902 1903 Republican
Edwin F. Sweet 1904 1905 Democratic
George E. Ellis 1905 1915 Republican
George P. Tilma 1916 1917 Republican
Philo C. Fuller 1917 1918
Christian Gallmeyer 1918 1920
John McNabb 1921 1922
William Oltman 1922 1923
Julius Tisch 1923 1924
Elvin Swarthout 1924 1926
John D. Karel 1930 1933
William Timmers 1934 1935
Tunis Johnson 1936 1937 Democratic
George W. Welsh 1938 1949 Republican
Stanley J. Davis 1949 1950
Paul G. Goebel 1950 1953
George Veldman 1954 1955
Paul G. Goebel 1956 1957
Stanley J. Davis 1958 1963 Democratic
C. H. Sonneveldt 1964 1969
Robert Boelens 1970 1971
Lyman S. Parks 1971 1975 First African American mayor
Abe L. Drasin 1976 1983 First Jewish mayor
Gerald R. Helmholdt 1984 1991
John H. Logie 1992 2003
George Heartwell 2004 2015 Democrat
Rosalynn Bliss 2016 Present Democratic

References

  1. ^ "Mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. ^ Vande Bunte, Matt (2015-07-15). "57 men who preceded George Heartwell as Grand Rapids mayor". mlive. Retrieved 2021-01-30.